Summary of project PR001928

This data is available at the NIH Common Fund's National Metabolomics Data Repository (NMDR) website, the Metabolomics Workbench, https://www.metabolomicsworkbench.org, where it has been assigned Project ID PR001928. The data can be accessed directly via it's Project DOI: 10.21228/M8HB1C This work is supported by NIH grant, U2C- DK119886.

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Project ID: PR001928
Project DOI:doi: 10.21228/M8HB1C
Project Title:Activation of GFRAL+ Neurons Induces Hypothermia and Glucoregulatory Responses Associated with Nausea and Torpor
Project Summary:GFRAL-expressing neurons actuate aversion and nausea, are targets for obesity treatment and may mediate metformin effects by long-term GDF15-GFRAL agonism. If GFRAL+ neurons acutely regulate glucose and energy homeostasis is however underexplored. Here, we report that cell-specific activation of GFRAL+ neurons using a variety of techniques causes a torpor-like state, including hypothermia, the release of stress hormones, a shift from glucose to lipid oxidation, and impaired insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance and skeletal muscle glucose uptake but augmented glucose uptake in visceral fat. Metabolomic analysis of blood and transcriptomics of muscle and fat indicate alterations in ketogenesis, insulin signaling, adipose tissue differentiation and mitogenesis, and energy fluxes. Our findings reveal that acute GFRAL+ neuron activation induces endocrine and gluco- and thermoregulatory responses associated with nausea and torpor. While chronic activation of GFRAL signaling promotes weight loss in obesity, these results show that acute activation of GFRAL+ neurons causes hypothermia and hyperglycemia.
Institute:University of Gothenburg
Last Name:Ruud
First Name:Johan
Address:Medicinaregatan 11
Email:johan.ruud@gu.se
Phone:+46766186879

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ST003105 Activation of GFRAL+ Neurons Induces Hypothermia and Glucoregulatory Responses Associated with Nausea and Torpor Mus musculus University of Gothenburg NMR 2024-03-18 1 32 Uploaded data (69M)*
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